[TaylorAlexander]

Some people unfortunately view concern for the poor as political. However my point of mentioning politics is to say that “it’s political” is not any kind of gotcha when it was never denied as being political. Regardless of the actual justification being political or not, the “political” gotcha is nonsense.

[nonethewiser]

That’s bullshit. Virtually everyone agrees poverty is a problem. Sure, the welfare state feeds the cycle of poverty, but it’s not like that was the goal.

[TaylorAlexander]

Absolutely not bullshit. Some cynical people on the internet believe this, and that's what I thought the person I was replying to was saying. It is an extremely low bar to say "some people believe X", and I don't know why you care to question that. Even with your own reply you say "virtually all people agree" and your use of "virtually" acknowledges that not everyone agrees with you, therefore some people do believe what I say. This is anyway such a silly tangent and was not even my point.

[nonethewiser]

The exception proves the rule though.

[dazc]

Are you sure about that? If I break out of the poverty cycle who am I going to vote for?

[nonethewiser]

Republicans I guess, but the point is that doesn’t mean Democrats hate poor people. That’s just political framing.